Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, tres leches cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I love Tres Leches cake but this is not the best recipe. The eggs need to be separated, and the whites beaten prior to adding them to the batter. I have done it both ways, and despite the extra work, separating the eggs is well worth the effort.

Tres leches cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Tres leches cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook tres leches cake using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tres leches cake:

1. Get For the cake
2. Take 1 cup all-purpose flour
3. Get 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon salt
5. Make ready 5 eggs, separated
6. Take 1 cup granulated sugar, divided 3/4 and 1/4
7. Prepare 1/3 cup milk
8. Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9. Make ready For the syrup
10. Get 1 can evaporated milk
11. Prepare 1 can sweetened condensed milk
12. Prepare 1/4 cup whole milk
13. Prepare For the toppings
14. Take 1 pint heavy whipping cream, for Whipping
15. Get 3 Tablespoons powdered sugar
16. Get 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
17. Get Chocolate shavings (optional)
18. Make ready Strawberries for topping (optional)

Tres Leches Cake is an authentic Mexican cake soaked in three kinds of milk, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. Sheet Cake desserts are a fun and easy way to make desserts to serve for a crowd and even easier to decorate! Tres leches means "three milks." This cake gets its name because it uses three kinds of milk—evaporated, condensed and cream. This cake's light and airy texture has made it a classic in Mexican kitchens for generations.

Steps to make Tres leches cake:

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Lightly spray a 9×13” pan with non-stick cooking spray.
2. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Separate the eggs into two separate bowls.
3. Add 3/4 cup sugar to the bowl with the egg yolks and mix on high speed until yolks are pale yellow. Add the 1/3 cup milk and vanilla and stir to combine.
4. Pour the egg yolk mixture over the flour mixture and stir gently with a spatula just until combined.
5. Use electric beaters to beat the egg whites on high speed. Gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar as you mix and continue beating until stiff peaks.
6. Fold egg whites into the batter gently using a spatula, just until combined.
7. Pour batter into prepared pan. Make sure to smooth it into an even layer so your baked cake doesn’t have divots in it.
8. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow cake to cool completely.
9. Combine the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and whole milk in a small bowl. Once the cake has cooled use a fork to poke holes all over the top of the cake.
10. Slowly pour the milk mixture over the the top of the cake, making sure to pour near the edges and all around.
11. Refrigerate the cake for at least 1 hour or overnight, to allow it to soak up the milk.
12. In the meantime, whip the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks. Smooth over the top of the cake.
13. Sprinkle chocolate shavings. Serve with fresh sliced strawberries, if desired. - - ENJOY 🌹

Tips for the Best Tres Leches Cake. To make clean-up a breeze, line your baking pan with foil before pouring in the cake batter. Tres leches cake is quite a "wet" cake since it's a poke cake, and the foil makes serving the cake and cleaning up afterwards so much easier. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Tres leches literally means, "three milks" and tres leches cake is an ultra light sponge cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture.

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